{"product_id":"joanna-murray-confessions-of-a-barista-on-platform-1-9781838287306","title":"Confessions of a Barista on Platform 1","description":"Confessions of a Barista on Platform 1\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSet in a tiny coffee shop on the London-bound platform of St Leonards Warrior Square station and told by the female owner, Confessions of a Barista on Platform 1 is a current portrayal of an eccentric community, a how-to business book, and an uplifting story of healing. It's about how the narrator (Jo Murray) unwittingly became a therapist to her customers - and how in turn - they changed her life for the better. Coffee, trains and travellers prove to be a powerful combination. The narrator, the customers, the vignettes are all real people and their stories are true, some funny, some incredulous, some simply heart-breaking.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe coffee shop is still very much 'business as usual' - new customers have become regulars - old regulars have remained loyal - the door opens promptly at 6am - as do the conversations.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe narrator writes as she is: practical, straight talking, compassionate, and with a dry sense of humour. A middle-aged single mother of three, she was broke and broken-hearted when she threw her all into starting up her coffee shop. With no entrepreneurial experience, within a year she'd made it a great success. Part of the reason was her coffee and work ethic - but the other part was the amazing trust and human interactions that happened across the counter in the time it takes to pull a flat white before the Charing Cross train. And also, the extraordinary true stories that people shared with her.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWe all know how we become anonymous strangers when we travel - and this funny compassionate book reveals just how much we all share, how we all have our private struggles and joys - and how the most unlikely looking person might actually be a hero.","brand":"Firle Press","offers":[{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53574107070806,"sku":"9781838287306-V","price":1.03,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781838287306_1_152e4216-dc5f-49b0-8baa-a31958a089d7.jpg?v=1781710983","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/joanna-murray-confessions-of-a-barista-on-platform-1-9781838287306","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}